them to encounter a giant called Polyphemus. Polyphemus is also known as a Cyclops‚ and he was a cannibal. The Cyclops held Odysseus and his men captive in a cave for a few weeks. In this time Polyphemus ate more than half of Odysseus’s army. Odysseus with his cleverness developed a plan to escape. Odysseus and his army executed the plan that was to give Polyphemus some wine‚ causing him to become unsteady. This would then allow Odysseus’s army to stab Polyphemus in
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Ms. Cheney Period 5 24 October 2012 The Odyssey Questions Books 9 - 12 Book 9 1. Odysseus and his crew arrive at the land of the Lotus-eaters‚ "people who eat the lotus‚ mellow fruit and flower." (Page 214‚ Line 96). He sends ahead three men to scout out the people who live there and send a message back. The scouts soon start mingling with the natives‚ the Lotus-eaters‚ who have no notion of killing the men. Rather‚ the Lotus-eaters feed them the lotus‚ the honey-sweet fruit‚ that causes all
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God’s traditions were disobeyed‚ a series of bad events usually occurred. After the God’s traditions were followed‚ a series of positive events usually occurred. There were multiple examples of this in the epic poem The Odyssey. The suitors and Polyphemus have extremely bad luck after dishonoring the God’s traditions‚ whereas Penelope honors the God’s and demonstrates how good hospitality is rewarded. To begin‚ at the start of the epic poem‚ the suitors respond greatly to the hospitality
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enemies‚ demonstrates that he learns to control his hubris by the conclusion of the epic. During one of Odysseus’ first conflicts‚ he taunts the monster he has defeated and thus is cursed to have a miserable journey home. After blinding the Cyclops Polyphemus‚ Odysseus’ escape is imminent. However‚ in lines 478 to 481‚ he states‚
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Many cultures around the world have their own myths‚ beliefs‚ and stories. One of the more notable civilizations known for this was the land of Ancient Greece. Though the Greeks have countless amounts of action-packed tales‚ “The Odyssey” told by Homer is an epic poem which shows the struggles of the hero returning home from the violent Trojan War. Most Greek heroes were shown to be righteous‚ pure‚ and gave the effect that they could do nothing wrong. In this epic‚ Odysseus is portrayed as more
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that can be learned. it’s shown that people may have offered hospitality initially‚ in fear/honor of Zeus or just in pure kindness. You can see this in action when Odysseus visits Phaeacia‚ ( Books 6 and 8 pages 73- 89)‚ when Odysseus is stuck in Polyphemus’ cave (Book 9 pages 95-107)‚ and finally when Odysseus gets home and encounters the Suitors. (Books 17- 22 pages 174-230). Today in our American culture‚ few people offer hospitality probably because there’s no one forcing them to‚ people offer
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his men quickly begin devouring the sheep until the Cyclops named Polyphemus returns and lock the men inside the cave. Polyphemus proceeds to eat several crew members that were trapped in the cave. Devising a master plan‚ Odysseus gave Polyphemus a barrel of unaltered wine that got him completely drunk. The drunken Polyphemus then asked Odysseus his name‚ replying “Nobody” the giant took this name and fell asleep. While Polyphemus was sleep the men took the hardened spear and rammed it into the
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has a special blood that clots easily‚ and this is of great use to drug testers. Scientists can use it to find bacteria in vaccines. Previously‚ they had to use rabbits‚ which was slow‚ inefficient‚ and harmful to the rabbit. This test‚ called the limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test‚ is now used everywhere. In fact‚ all FDA-approved drugs must be tested with the LAL test first. (Khalid).
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Aaron K. Gillespie Plotnik ENG 220 Essay 1 Recipe For Remembrance The ancient people of Greek mythology believed there was a recipe for a mortal man to claim immortality‚ and have a name that echoes throughout the ages. The ingredients can be found between the two very popular mythical figures of ancient Greece‚ Odysseus from Homer’s “The Odyssey and Achilles from his other timeless story‚ “The Iliad”. This document will relay the commonalities shared through tragedy‚ and
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"Thrsis’ Lament for Daphnis” Thrysis sings ‘the sufferings of Daphnis’‚ a most earnest story of a bucolic hero‚ who‚ as the poem would tell‚ pined and died over an unrequited love. Idyll 11 “The Cyclops’ Serenade” tells a much more satirical story of Polyphemus‚ a hopelessly infatuated Cyclops‚ singing to his beloved‚ the beautiful sea-nymph Galatea. It is Theocritus’ careful choice of language‚
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